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Technopolis Himgrad became the winner of the All-Russian Professional Contest for Best Architectural and Urban Planning Concepts in the Industrial Park Design. Brownfield category.

The award ceremony was held on October 18, 2019 as part of the 45th meeting of the Council for Chief Architects of Russian Federation Constituent Entities and Municipalities in the Gostiny Dvor of Moscow.

The fundamental objective of the contest was to seek promising integrated urban development solutions necessary for a balanced and rapid spatial development of Russia with due account taken for global integrated sustainable development goals.

The most important criteria for identifying the best urban development practices were innovative and regionally sensitive approaches. The proposed architectural and urban planning concepts were evaluated as a territorial development tool consistent with the UN sustainable development goals.

A total of 63 applications were submitted for participation by project teams, development agencies and municipal authorities from 34 cities and 7 regions of the country. In total, ten industrial parks took part in the contest, six of which are members of the Association of Industrial Parks of Russia.

Based on information by Himgrad press service

Deputy Minister Aleksey Savelchev held a meeting today with representatives of Greencross Export Pvt. Ltd. (India). The agenda included the issue of localising production facilities of the Indian company in Tatarstan.

The Greencross representative, Chairman & Managing Director Tarun Kumar Tyagi, spoke about the activities and projects of the company.

The company was founded in 2003 in the city of Ahmedabad (India) and has since been a leading exporter of pharmaceutical products from India.

Greencross Export Pvt. Ltd. supplies pharmaceutical products and services to many countries in Africa, Latin America and several Gulf countries.

During the meeting, the representative of the Indian company saw presentations of the industrial sites in Tatarstan with potential in cooperation, such as the Alabuga Special Economic Zone, the Technopolis Himgrad, and the Karpov Chemical Plant.

Today, the Technopolis Himgrad celebrates its 13th anniversary. In this regard, a ceremonial event took place in the Technopolis, the laying of a silver coin, to mark the beginning of the Phase 3 construction project “Creating an Industrial Park in the territory of Technopolis Himgrad”.

The event was attended by Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Albert Karimov, as well as top executives and employees of Himgrad.

It is important to note that the coin carries an image of the WorldSkills 2019 logo.

The finals of the 45th WorldSkills Competition will be held in Kazan from August 22 to 27, 2019. One of the skills of the competition is concrete construction work, which will start the implementation of project’s Phase 3.

Based on information by Technopolis Himgrad press service

Today, Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Albert Karimov had a meeting with Director General of Haitian CIS Ilya Plyutov. The meeting was devoted to discussing the opportunity of localising Haitian Group production in Tatarstan. Representatives of Haitian CIS were invited to open a facility in the Technopolis Himgrad with three divisions: a service centre, a finished goods warehouse, and a training centre.

Albert Karimov noted that Tatarstan is an ultimate competence centre in the field of plastics processing. A good investment climate, appropriate infrastructure and special preferences make the republic a suitable area for the localisation of Haitian Group facilities.

The Haitian Group is a company founded in 1966 in China (Hong Kong). It has 18 factories in 10 countries (China, Germany, Brazil, Turkey, Vietnam, India, Thailand, Indonesia, Mexico, Japan) and has been the world leader in the production of plastic injection moulding machines since 1994.

In addition, the Haitian Group manufactures turning machining equipment for the metal industry and equipment for the mechanical engineering industry (servo drives).

Expert magazine, one of the most influential weekly business analytic publications in Russia, has published an annual rating of the investment attractiveness of industrial parks and special economic zones in the Russian Federation.

For the third year in a row, the leader in this rating is the Technopolis Himgrad. Year after year, it confirms its maximum attractiveness for residents and dominant position in the industry. Himgrad received the highest AA class, beating large industrial parks from such traditionally strong regions as Moscow, St. Petersburg, Moskovskaya, Leningradskaya, Ulyanovskaya and Kaluzhskaya oblasts. The rating’s top three are the sites from Tatarstan, confirming the republic’s status as a leader in innovation and investment development.

Today, Technopolis Himgrad accounts for 10.3% of the total number of industrial park residents in Russia and 5.6% of the total number of jobs created. One rouble of government investment in the infrastructure of Himgrad accounts for 11 roubles of private investment by residents in production facilities. At the same time, according to the Russian Association of Industrial Parks, the average in Russia is 5 roubles of private investment per 1 rouble of investment in infrastructure.

Technopolis Himgrad was founded in 2006 in pursuance of a Resolution by the Tatarstan Cabinet of Ministers based on the unused facilities of Tasma Holding. The total area of ​​Technopolis is 131 hectares, the floor space of ​​industrial and warehouse premises is more than 500,000 square metres.